Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-29
DAILY HERALD.
RAILROAD AND SEWER
Adjourned Meeting Of the
City Council.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORT

The sixth Street Park-Col. War
ing's Contract Endorsed
Flagmen at Crossings.
The City Council met in an adjourned
saesting yesterday afternoon with Coun'
c,lmen Collins, Frsnkenfisld, Goes, HUI
er. Hysns, johnson, Jones, Lovell'
Stear,s. Teed, Willard and President
Breed present.
Clerk Teed read complaint in the
case Of John Bryson vs.. the City, t.
ouet title to the lot ON the corner OF
First and Spring streets. This was re-
ferred to the City Attorney.
The Clerk also called attention TO .
oou plant about the piping of the Ar.
10, 0 de los Reyes. which is not being
done according to contract. Referred
to the Board Of Public Works, with
power to act.
The Special Committee on Railroads
reported a. follows:
To the Honorable the President and
Council Of the City of Los Angeles:
GENTLEMKN-The Committee appoint.
ed oy YOU at the meeting of the Council
of the 25th inst, to confer with the
steam railroad offices as to the best
method to adopt for the protection Of
life at the crossings of eaid railroads on
she public streets of the city, have the
honor 10 report as follows: OA the 26lh
inst. the Committee called upon Mr..
Hewitt. General Manager of the South.
-ern Pacific Railroad Company, and
were very cordially received by him,
aud explained the nature of their errand.
MIR. He ewitt asked them how they liked
Ghe working of his eleGric bell alarm.
They informed that gentleman that it is
mot what the citizens want, that il has
not the desired effect, in fact it is fail
.are In 30 far a. o warning to strangers oi
their close proximity to moving loco
motive, aud suggested the erection ol
gates at the crossings as a protection,
which did not seem TO meet with the
approval OF Mr.. Hewitt, he making sev-
erai objections to the scheme, the prin-
cipal one being the expense OF their con.
struction, ~ the Railroad Company have
Jest been to the expense of $500 put
ting in the electric alarm system. Youl
committee inferred from the gentleman
language that the city must not expect
any further favors from his company II
the matter of protection at tn,
crossing 1t present. Your commit
tee requested Mr.. Hewitt to hav,
flagmen placed temporarily at tn,
crossingA pending the adoption of som'
definite plan to be mutually agreeable
60 All parties, which request he said h'
would submit by telegraph to his supe
riors at San Francisco and notify ths
committee of the result, and we hav,
been informed by Mr.. Hewitt that h
will rlace Aagmen at the crossings wher
he can secure competent and reliable
men. Your committee would further
say they found fagman, L. c. Power
by name, in the employ of the San Ga
briel Valley Railroad at the Downe,
avenue bridge crossing, and request tina
he be clothed with police power imme
diately, and also recommend the adop
ton and enfJrcement of such measure
rs will protect the rights and lives 0
our citizens.
[Signed. JOSEPH HYANs,
NJ. 7. COLLINS,
j. FRANKENFIELD.
Mr.. Hyans said it seemed to him the
action of the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company was little evasive. HI
Thought that Colonel Hewitt had the
opinion chat the city had no rights il
the matter. If the hagmen were no
put there by the next meeting he pro
posed that more stringent measures bs
taken.
Mr.. Jones thought that the mattel
ought to be left in some ones hands tt
see that fagmen were put there
If the railroad company did mol
do so. If the railroad company did no
put men there then the danger to live
stiIl existed. He did not think the rail-
road company intended to put men ther
very soon, and that the company intend
ed to evade the obligation. The thini
had gone on several we eks and nothing
had been done, and men ought to be pu
on at once. They adopted the evasiv
measure of putting up an electric bell
which did not answer, and fagmel
ought to be put there this morning.
Mr.. Frankenheld said that thi, wa
the first time the railroad compan.
promised to do anything and he though
Colonel Hewitt would keep his word.
Mr.. Jones said he hoped he would
as men were needed at once.
Mr.. Hyans said that the Council
might wait three days until the mex
meeting and see what the railroad com
many would do. He did not think i
was fair to the city to have it pay TO
hssrnen. He thought the Chief of Po-
lice and Police Commissioners shoult
attend to the matter and report if tn
fagmen are placed there. To bring tn
matter properly before the Council h
moved to that effect Carried.
Mr.. Collins said there was anothel
thing that ought to be attended to, ant
that was in the matter of switching. Th,
ordinance providing that cars are not t.
be moved more than eight miles an hou
has not been obeyed. Sometimes cars
in being switched, are moved at the rat
of twenty miles an hour, and this wa
the greatest source of danger.
MI. Frankenfield moved that thu
Mayor be authorized to appoint all flag
men as Special Police Officers as soon q
put on. Carried.
Mr.. Pike said that he had succeeded
in having tho track laying on Alamedf
stopped until the matter can be consid
cred by the attorneys of the railroad
Mr.. DAILY said he had been called on
by the attorney of the railroad company
and had told him that the intention of
the city was TO tear up the switch, il
laid. The matter would be decided in a
short time and work was stopped until
then.
Mayor Workman called attention to
the fact that cars frequently detained
people and wagons by stopping on cross
ings for, sometimes, fifteen minutes.
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